We expected you
to evade it
with elegance and wit
you were too clever
for the commonness
of death.
Even though it was you
who famously said
it was the best invention
of life
the reset button
a new flood of souls
the inevitability of it
our excuse
to be ravenous
and absurd.
If you were scared in the end
unwilling to dissolve
I understand
but I like to imagine it was the way
you lived
a gargantuan exit
by way
of a wink.